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Welcome to Pasha, The Conversation Africa’s brand new podcast. In the spirit of The Conversation, Pasha – which means to inform in Swahili – will be bringing you some of the best and brighte...
shutterstock When SARS-CoV-2 emerged in South Africa, the country took measures to restrict people’s movements and activities, to slow the s...
shutterstock The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is a term coined in 2016 by German economist Klaus Schwab. It’s used to describe the technol...
GettyImages Young children and adolescents are becoming hyper connected. They are using digital technologies as a platform for learning, con...
shutterstock Great white sharks have long been at the top of the food chain in parts of South Africa’s oceans. In their peak winter hunting...
GettyImages Wildlife and people are coming into more and more conflict across Africa as human populations expand. Habitat loss and fragmenta...
GettyImages Big infrastructure projects should be based on the needs of people and communities. Often, they are criticised for benefiting th...
There are some major development projects in progress on the continent. They include the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya and irrigation and...
shutterstock Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway, which links Nairobi and Mombasa, East Africa’s largest port, was built to ease the pressure on...
shutterstock Hippos are very vocal animals, exchanging signals like the “wheeze honk”. But not much is known about what these sounds mean. T...
shutterstock A few years ago the South African city of Cape Town was close to reaching “day zero” – the day the taps would run dry as a resu...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted normal contact learning in education systems worldwide. Technology became an essential tool for learning and...
Getty Images The lakes of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) play a big part in people’s lives – socially, politically and economically....
shutterstock Vaccine hesitancy is the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination, where vaccination services are available. It’s a divers...
shutterstock Hyenas aren’t the most popular animals. Sometimes they kill people’s livestock. They are also thought of as scavengers, with so...
shutterstock Healthy soil is critical for life on earth. It can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, food and nutrition s...
T thyraeus Bush crickets – or katydids, as they are also known – are fascinating creatures. They belong in the same order of insects as gras...
Shutterstock African forests are rich in biodiversity and provide a livelihood for more than 1 billion people. They store massive amounts of...
GettyImages After years of pressure, western countries are finally returning priceless artefacts and artworks that had been looted from Nige...
Shutterstock South Africa is several months into its COVID vaccination roll-out – a complex process with wide repercussions. It has recently...
shutterstock The conflict between Ethiopia and its northern region of Tigray has been going on for a year. The power struggle has created ma...
shutterstock Ethiopia and its northern region of Tigray have been in conflict for about a year now. The political power struggle that had be...
GettyImages Many African countries are under significant stress from climate change. Increasing emissions of greenhouse gases are putting th...
GettyImages Islamic militias in the northern part of Mozambique, the province of Cabo Delgado, have mounted an armed insurgency against the...
Shutterstock Nasal allergy is a common problem in South Africa. It is estimated that 20% to 30% of adults in South Africa suffer with allerg...
shutterstock South Africa has an extremely high unemployment rate . A qualification from a tertiary institution usually means the chances of...
GettyImages Nigeria used to be a great force in global athletics but that has changed. The country’s fortunes have plummeted in track and fi...
Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, started as a railway depot in 1899 and developed into a colonial administration centre, then into a commercia...
shutterstock The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to inject $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights into the global economy. Because of t...
GettyImages A recent rugby series between South Africa and the British and Irish Lions, a tour that takes place every 12 years, was the subj...
shutterstock The dreaded mosquito is an insect with a bad reputation. They bite, keep you up at night and spread deadly diseases like dengue...
shutterstock The team behind our podcast, Pasha, has started a series called “Why We Need” and this first episode is about why we need botan...
GettyImages It’s safe to say that the 2020 Olympic Games held in Tokyo this year was an unconventional event. The impact the pandemic had on...
shutterstock In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic the phrase “herd immunity” was bandied about a lot by heads of state as well as heal...
GettyImages After former president Jacob Zuma was recently arrested for contempt of court, South Africa went into disarray . Widespread loot...
Getty Images One of the elements that contribute to a rise in COVID-19 infections is gatherings. Ramadan (the month when Muslims fast from s...
GettyImages Seventeen African leaders – national ministers and heads of state – had lost their lives to COVID-19 by February 2021. The conti...
shutterstock Disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic provide the world with a learning opportunity. It is important that global events like thi...
GettyImages The Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – is spreading across South Africa, sparking a strong resurgenc...
file s y Being a comedian in Zimbabwe is no easy profession, particularly if you’re a woman. The problems women face range from violence – f...
shutterstock Peacebuilding Research output across the African continent is really low. Many institutions that produce research are severely...
The African romantic comedy genre is part of a trend in the cinema of the global South, projecting images of the “global city”. In South Afr...
shutterstock Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and the environment around them. It is an...
shutterstock Globally, there are around 71 million people with hepatitis C. In Africa, more than 10 million people are infected with the vir...
shutterstock Moringa is a plant that offers many benefits. It is full of vitamins and other nutrients . It is also believed to have other ph...
Shutterstock Unemployment, poverty and hunger were issues South Africa knew all too well even before the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has...
shutterstock Botswana recently offered the rights to shoot around 300 elephants. There have been mixed feelings about this decision. Some sa...
shutterstock The Suez Canal was in the spotlight recently when the container vessel Ever Given became wedged diagonally across it, causing a...
shutterstock In South Africa, about 6 million households have women as the breadwinners – about 38% of all homes. Many of these women don’t...
shutterstock Malaria kills over 400,000 people a year across the world. Africa carries the highest burden, with 90% of these deaths occurrin...
shutterstock Extreme heat and extreme cold can both have an impact on human health. With a changing climate, these events are set to occur m...